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eventREF E-0012399Revised

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RSA golf team is expelled from Greece

Date
7 Nov 1979
Updated
7 Nov 2019
Golf ball

The Greek Government expelled the two-man South Africa team of Dale Hayes and Hugh Baiocchi from the World Cup international men's team golf championship starting in Athens on 8 November. The action by the Greek Foreign Minister followed a request from the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to condemn all practices of racial segregation in sports. Click here to read resolution of the International Convention Against Apartheid in Sports. 

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  1. 01SAHO,"International Convention Against Apartheid in Sports 1985",From:SAHO,[Online], Available at: wwww.sahistory.org.za,[Accessed: 07 November 2013]

Last updated · 7 Nov 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). RSA golf team is expelled from Greece. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012399

South African History Online (2011) 'RSA golf team is expelled from Greece', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012399 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, RSA golf team is expelled from Greece [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012399, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"RSA golf team is expelled from Greece." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012399. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "RSA golf team is expelled from Greece." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012399.

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